ADA Blocks Journal From Publishing Conference Controversy Accounts
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- ADA leaders blocked editors at its flagship journal Diabetes Care from publishing an opinion piece and first-person accounts about the conference controversy, STAT+ reports.
- Five diabetes specialists were escorted out of a New Orleans convention center in early June for handing out reprints of an editorial expressing concern over cuts to federal research.
- ADA had previously apologized for the evictions and pledged a formal review, but is now delaying publication of the journal pieces pending that review's outcome, with disagreement over how the review is being conducted.
- The suppressed editorial and accounts, now posted on an open-access website, feature prominent ADA members including past leaders and one who resigned after the confrontation, all expressing dismay over leadership's handling of the incident.
- Every voice in the blocked content voiced disappointment over the decision to suppress views opposing Trump administration policies while also criticizing how ADA leadership managed the episode and its aftermath.
Why it matters: By blocking its own journal from covering the ejection story while a review it promised is still pending, the ADA is silencing the very members it claims to represent — physicians and researchers who raised concerns about federal research cuts. The suppressed pieces are already live on an open-access site, meaning the organization's credibility as a neutral scientific voice now depends entirely on how that internal review unfolds.
